1842.] 
THE sienna CHRONICLE. 
55 
on this subjec 
our ay societies as W 
should w t hav 
a madman by some people. Two fine trees are too near 
ea er: I order one to be taken out; at my 
sale this last month, there were above 1,000 of as fine 
seen : but there are some who think a 
ssible. 
with me, there are not any even of my ¢ 
who have for these last five jeats deaitted fi e, 
quite ecaoat as they say, to the principle of “ cut wood 
Th 
and have wood.” year after year, ‘obierted 
how eatich | ners a tree increases in bulk when it h Oo 
to grow. ed w ave observed to me, that 
they have heard that one tree draws u ther, 
it it to a certain 
and that it is phe to "pant thick. 
planting, rr a some years after; but 
extent when first 
then it becomes most destru —J. Hamerton 
Oat Tea.—I have found that ‘black tea, thickened with 
oatmeal, brought to the consistence of how sic and 
ingly, is orion we 
pevetoabil ae 
a - 
ie the as ma + ot ree g the 
welfare son beg pines of our rellone-beth tures— 7’. G. 
Penn, Mar, 
Ice.—In 7, (1841, Bynes is a recommendation to 
mix salt with io ice on filling a hou Having, some years 
— periodical ; similar recommend- 
my gre 
+ Ha 
mixed with 
ester.—[As the mixing 
ommon pra ctice, we should be glad of 
faities ledorenstioa ok that point. 
cée,—Mr, Parkins 
house (p. 814, 1841), s 
put into the house, 
Pie of Pe plan of a an ice- 
s, “The w 
beahd: of course pe forts i solid mas 
2 d, it will os i necess ssary 
) use a pickaxe to break it up, which ea? not be yb “ 
the aperture at the bottom.” These r marks des 
consideration, and to a certain extent may bs true 
does not ow as a matter of co sg tha 
will become frozen into a solid mass. The 
= their points of ad 
can easil 
dissolution { is of li 
erea wey A requires but small quantities, (and th thers 
reg a matter eg w to 
preserve the little they do As $ my plan is regs some 
measure Seecwatire} in its fethoiptas, it chity te difficult to 
except by direct experi- 
ed Lat 
ttention has | 
za erin 
et at run con Pia ° ving aie 
e most s not free 
we 
erefore vgn for 
e origin of the evi ther source. Both from expe- 
riment and oe 1, I come to the ——- that the 
flushing of florists’ flowers rena om some property 
inherent i in the constitution or ceguatehtion of the pla nt, 
where, 
sufcfenty complete, be remains a tendency each season 
f its flowerin to i 
along improvement o race, 
reeding from best parti-coloured sorts, so as to re- 
move t ling: far ossible . Peg original 
self-coloured state. I believe that if this e pur- 
sued, the result would be, 3 the further a Suaribegiterss 
flower was removed from it 
$ Original state, the more con- 
stant it would beco re th time constant flowers 
might be produced with certainty, upo ich the richest 
soils wo e e i 
%. f these 
a 
n the presen 
the pactatier eone 
h meat inconstancy was the 
but be y raising their own seedlings from broken or 
result ; 
pa arti-colo our \ 1), pe’ 
manency a great d ree been established. Th 
ms a 
2 | by the system I have mentioned, viz., by a 
moves from the original stock, a eikanilias to this i 
fection imey in ti ime be antici ipated. _ To effect this oes 
able object, 
Lik 
but the most constant eke to pisses even those where 
the ‘ahaa ground e colou the de- 
se 
those flowers for 
nal distributed, d to, and the 
race is carried forward in the manner That — I 
feel ‘on in that cachaaiictatts variegated flowers will be 
obtained.—James Dickson, Acre ta ane 
fROCEEDINGE OF BOSE TLRS. 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIET 
Jan. 18.—R. W. B on oP Esq. in pe aS r on the 
eaitieatiol : Gries | on flued Bg et in gts open air in Scotland, 
by Mr. G. Shiells, gr. to ‘d Blantyre, was read. This p om 
was written at the request of the Horticultural Society, in 
sequence of Mr. Shiell’s sending, ath Cetaber last (see p. 663, 1841), 
ed 
some perfectly ripene coloured Black Hamburg! 
Grapes. W. H. Storey, mac S exhibit Lied oo Prpigone 4.3 Soares; 
both wer beautiful specim: named Carnum- 
ling Ti 
Smith, Esq., of Sittingbourne. Mr. B. Fielde dener to W. 
Linwood, Esq., exhibited cut specimens of Den um spe- 
ciosuam (Showy Dendrobi ma the flowers were uty, 
bee 
great bea 
en produced by keeping the plant during 
the summer in a cool gree ae and afterwards placing it in a 
high temperature: a Bank medal given 
Bateman, Esq., sent a pike: of, a new Oncidium 
vendishianum ; the flowers are very large and pe aa have 
a brown mark on ond weereoes which sri i if the bascog soms 
were oH gone » would be richer and more con- 
Spicuous : B. 
ag grower and bearer; and 
he has no doubt but tie shall yd - A Sey sup) bes a8 gee till the 
latter eek of February. one, a Pro- 
vid weighi 
bs.40z. Fro f Penrhyn Castle, was a Melon called 
‘* Barker’s Forcing so it aes be a good variety both 
an early and a | Messrs. C. and T. pman sent a 
see of their new ioritie Potatoe, described at p. 40, where, 
by mistake, it is said to be like the “ ag og Potatoe, instead 
Somers 3 the ‘* Mouse ” Potatoe. “ape E. Beck exhibited an ex- 
cellent kind of slate tab for et trees, w , from the 
serra material, is a improvement upon wi wooden 
Xes 5 some slate Sete which he thinks for some 
and also som 
plants, such as Pelargoniums, will ans 
ones, as there will 
gonium an 
also a plant of Lze‘lia anceps, with several spikes. of flowers 
remarkable for the fine violet tint on their labellums. The 
cut flowers consisted of Lucilia gratissima from the conser- 
vatory, where it has been icetik ig: spassed since last piedagery tg 
and two varieties of Chimonanthus fragrans from the open 
FLORICULTURAL 8 siaeY. 
Jan. 18.—Mr. Groom in the chair. Mr. Shackle was elected 
some conversation occurred relative to the sa ecobites of 
sors. and oth 
of the society, and 1 ™ 
OMmMIitcte: ¥ 2 
tach Oe ee ts 
Jan, 4 obert Bro » Esq., chai The Secretary 
read the address of congratulation that had baeit 2 hasager'g tothe 
Queen and Prince Albert, on the birth of the of Wales 
Mr. Edward Solly, the Ray Mr. Hawkes did enry Brow wn 
“rhe testihations of the 
ride 1 fe event 
Daud AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
—The D n the chair. St. John C, 
the Cou 
taken for the arrang e programme 
Pe the use of the members of the society ; the chairman’s appoint. 
ment of a committee to be held on Monday, the 24th ins’ 
taking int ay erage meme the best mode of ‘dis. 
e total amonnt of 300. 
ote ito distinct ee for yey 
most ired to trodui 
set, Derbit, rey Posi cats 
Bristol would be held; 
he trial of implem tion of the jud, shal 
ave power to roma oot - the s a , for trial, at the ex 
cn of pd society, any of the implements exhibited at the 
eir res) ve cattle as soon as 
the judges have completed their award; and the stewards of the 
com 
& 
trial of ire ae 
be requested mak 
cea age + the evenin ae when the chon Paar close, 
H. Mann the ho twee ni Finn istributor | of t fs ae 
Jo uma for Australia submitted 
he Counce: 
this information, with 
them to h 
colonial associ 
provement.—J.¢ Cawley, Pst, sof Winwick, near Warrington, 
e Council a co on the ijadinhons ye viele 
Pen on which ~ © present perry of cons cart-wheels 
Petey Inn due evilsiaxisting frm tke: ane of the beating-teln 
‘or 
AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF | 
Aug. 11.—Among the presentations to the society were four s 4 
mens of preg yt foun sae propees Se Calcutta Wort ‘ 
eee Gan year’s Gis quality not acclimated. Six 
hundre were sent to London, and were 
m India. 
the Russian seed sent 
out last year by the 
of the Ben ie “indigenous mapa A etethe former very | superior 
in texture. A few Apple plants raised from the seeds of American 
= gh sent nee to Calcutta in the ice-s . Apples from Nepaul : 
—Mr. H mentions that the Apple crop in the rine 
valley was this 3 year a very ted re ig one ; he also add: 
English garden seeds transm: 'y 
excellent vegetables, 
at Allhabad. A lar, fruit- 
The first discovery of the Tea Plant in pain gg: 
prerirc F Ge the society, Captain Chariton had 
herefor 
£ edals. ptain Charlton stated that hi 
Assam from May 1830 to October 1831, when 
vince, = pra oie with him the "Tea-plar 
cpp of the Society of aist 
ribed to } 
rheg 4% 
€ 
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